As regulatory changes continue, hospice agencies must pay attention in 2020 to shifting expectations amid evolving service demand.
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When dealing with serious illness and death, patients who are immigrants to the U.S. may face a multitude of cultural and logistical challenges.
According to survey respondents, 91% support medical marijuana (cannabis) use for hospice patients, though there are legal concerns depending on the state.
Hospice organizations increasingly recognize that a multimodality approach to pain management is needed and are putting opioid stewardship practices in place.
In years past, the term “palliative care” wasn’t heard very often in most healthcare settings.That’s all changing, thanks in part to the new edition of the National Consensus Project Guidelines.
The new edition of the guidelines seeks to ensure that the millions of people living with serious illness have access to quality palliative care.
Ensuring that your institution or clinical setting provides primary palliative care is one of the most powerful ways you can, ....
Answer: All health care institutions should ensure their nurses are educated in primary palliative care!
Studies show that advance care planning conversations lead to fewer hospital admissions at the end of life, increased enrollment in hospice care, and a higher likelihood of the person dying in the setting of their choice.
Advance care planning is much more than asking, 'Do you have a living will or other advance directive?' As a caregiver, learn to have difficult conversations surrounding end-of-life issues.
The philosophy of hospice is to recognize that quality of life, peace, and comfort at the end of life should be the focus of healthcare when curing a patient’s disease is no longer possible.
Do you incorporate palliative care into your clinical practice? Can you help optimize the quality of life for those you, ....
Meet Marvin. Marvin is a 68-year-old retired welder who lives with his wife in their home by the ocean. He, ....
Many associate senior care with living in nursing homes and other long-term facilities. Approximately 1.4 million residents live in nursing, ....
